Holiday season is upon us (nearly). We're breaking ourselves in gently for it, having little mini-holidays where we can. You don't actually have to go away anywhere to have a mini-holiday. You can just put on sunglasses and sun cream and pretend you're away somewhere, even if you're just in your garden.

Here are the things making us feel like we're on holiday right now:

1. New Zipcar! We are big fans of this car-hire scheme (because who needs one all the time in London?).

The best thing is that they replace them with brand new ones every so often, so this is our new local one (a

Volkswagen Up!) and it's really cute! Better than the boring old Golf from before.

2. A cheeky little weekend break in Bath, with a trip to the Thermae Spa's rooftop pool in the sunshine

(prettier view than you'd get on holiday anyway, I think - there were loads of hot air balloons flying

around the day we went too). The Bertinet bakery there also does the best quiche EVER.